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California delays cancellation of 17,000 immigrant commercial driver’s licences; Trump administration warns state putting ‘Americans at risk’

California will delay the cancellation of around 17,000 commercial driver’s licences until March to allow more time for truckers and bus drivers who legally qualify to keep them, the Blue state announced on Tuesday. The move comes a week after immigrant advocacy groups filed a lawsuit challenging the revocations.The US department of transportation warned California […]

‘Every day, I miss home’: Sikh truck driver Arash Singh on struggles of being an immigrant driver in US

Arash Singh, a 25-year-old Sikh truck driver, has spent thousands of miles on US highways hauling goods from Washington to California, navigating ice storms, heavy traffic, and occasional harassment because of his turban.“As an immigrant driver,” he told New York Times, “there is plenty you always must think about.”Singh sought asylum in US in 2022 […]

‘South African immigrant annoyed at…’: Mehdi Hasan slams Elon Musk for speaking against Ilhan Omar, Zohran Mamdani

British journalist Mehdi Hasan criticised Elon Musk for his comments on Somali immigrants in the United States, saying the Tesla CEO is annoyed that African-born communities can vote while he himself, a South African immigrant who votes in Texas, shares little in common with them.Hasan made the comments after Musk weighed in on US politics, […]

Jack the Ripper solved? DNA on a shawl points to a Polish 19th-century immigrant; experts say it can’t be |

DNA taken from a shawl allegedly found beside Catherine Eddowes sparked claims it links Jack the Ripper to a Polish 19th-century suspect/ Image: Russel Edwards, The Independent There are very few unsolved mysteries that still grip people the way Jack the Ripper does. In the autumn of 1888, a still-unidentified serial killer stalked the streets […]

‘Kill all’ for ‘martyrdom’: How Pakistani immigrant allegedly planned to attack US University of Delaware police campus – details

Source: New Castle County Police A Pakistan-origin man studying at the University of Delaware was arrested after police discovered a large collection of guns, ammunition and body armour, along with a manifesto that allegedly described plans to “kill all” and seek “martyrdom” in a mass shooting on the University campus, The New York Post reported.Police […]

‘Illegal immigrant’ stole DHS secretary Kristi Noem’s handbag: Chile man pleads guilty; faces deportation

Kristi Noem; Bustamante Leiva seen with the bag A 50-year-old Chilean man on Friday pleaded guilty to a series of thefts across Washington, DC, including stealing the handbag of Homeland Security secretary Kristi L Noem while she was having dinner with her family earlier this year. Mario Bustamante Leiva admitted to three counts of wire […]

Rising H-1B visa fees threaten foreign doctors in US, Harvard scholar says; immigrant physicians vital to American healthcare

Foreign-trained physicians, who make up nearly one quarter of the United States’ medical workforce, could be forced to leave underserved communities due to skyrocketing H-1B visa fees, a historian of science has warned.Before, the hospitals had to pay approximately $5,000 to sponsor a physician’s visa to work in the United States. Now, they’d have to […]

‘Only in US can an Islamic immigrant…’: Laura Loomer attacks Zohran Mamdani, says NYC mayor-elect should be ‘denaturalized’

MAGA activist and Trump ally Laura Loomer launched an attack on New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, saying the socialist should be “denaturalised.” In a post on X, the right-winger wrote, “People are now taking Polymarket bets on whether or not Zohran Mamdani will be deported. He should certainly be denaturalized. Only in America can an […]

MAGA diehards dump on desi Trump acolyte Harmeet Dhillon amid fury over immigrant truckers

Harmeet Dhillon (Image/X) and Donald Trump (AP image) A Trump acolyte of Sikh faith is getting roasted by her MAGA bros after standing up for immigrant truckers who are the receiving end of nativist fury in America. Harmeet Dhillon, a California Attorney who heads the civil rights division in the Trump administration’s Department of Justice, […]

Truck chain-reaction crash in California: ‘Illegal immigrant’ Jashanpreet Singh arrested for killing 3; 21-year old Indian-origin was under influence

Jashanpreet Singh has been arrested for crashing truck in Ontario and killing 3. A 21-year-old Indian national, identified as Jashanpreet Singh, has been arrested in Southern California for causing a fiery crash that killed at least three people. He was driving an 18-wheeler truck under the influence.Police said Singh’s semi-truck plowed into slow-moving traffic on […]